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Time Management for Kids

Time Management for Kids

In the current context of the technology era, it gets challenging for every parent to teach time management for kids. The world has presented them with multiple distractions from Netflix, Prime, Online Games, Zoom classes. When the distractions are more, it is difficult to learn and build cognitive skills.

In the age where technology rules the world, it's also important to inculcate good old habits with an agreeable example. Developing cognitive skills helps to plan and prioritize things better, they internalize them and helps them for lifelong success. 

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Practice waiting

Practice waiting

Remember the famous Stanford Marshmallow experiment? This was a study on delayed gratification on small children, 

where the child was offered a choice between one small but immediate reward, or two small rewards if they waited for a period of time. During this time, the researcher left the room for about 15 minutes and then returned. The reward was either a marshmallow or pretzel stick, depending on the child's preference. In the follow-up studies, children who were able to wait longer for the preferred rewards tended to have better life outcomes, educational attainment, other life measures

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<p>Few suggestions</p><ul><li>...

Few suggestions

  • Start making a count-down chart in your fridge for the birthday party, Christmas, New Year, Vacation, others. Brings up the excitement and teaches the kids to practice waiting
  • Use routine charts with rewards, make chores time fun and creative
  • Though we are living in the 'click of a button' age, it is ok to tell your kid to wait for a few days to buy the favorite book/series/games/toys they ask

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Follow the Keep here routine

Follow the Keep here routine

In the classrooms, the students are assigned certain places to keep their books, files, lunch box, etc. Following a similar technique helps in keeping the kid on top of things and also being responsible.

 Few suggestions

  • Keeping the remote control on the TV table
  • Using docking stations to charge the gadgets
  • Arranging the books, toys, others in places where they belong

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Use Hourglass/ Visual timer

Use Hourglass/ Visual timer

The goal here is to make the child manage the tasks effectively and efficiently. During the initial, the timer could create anxiety and stress, but over the period of time, they will learn to manage the task with greater efficiency and more importantly in an effective manner. Timer helps the kids to also manage consequences better, learn the make better estimation of the task, break a larger task into small chunks and fit into their agenda, etc. This makes them manage their stress better, make them more accountable and responsible for their activities.

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<p>Few suggestions</p><p>Plan ...

Few suggestions

Plan to make canvas drawing, build a lego model, others

  • Set a timeline by when you should complete the activity
  • Write down the materials required along with the kid
  • Plan for shopping
  • Schedule some time for the activity
  • Draw this entire thing on a piece of paper
  • This helps to understand the overall process, estimation, planning
  • Don’t forget to reward on you finish it together

Planning to complete the homework, use a visual timer or hourglass

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Understanding the priorities

Understanding the priorities

Spending a few minutes every day with the child to list down the activities helps understand the backlog. It is important to talk to them that some tasks are short, some are long, some are immediate and some can wait. Not everything can be achieved in the same day and it's important the child understands this. Certain activities may be part of the goal, make sure you draw the timeline and mark important milestones with them. Kind of intermediate reward which keeps them motivated.

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<p>Most importantly it's ok to...

Most importantly it's ok to fail to complete a task, this helps them introspect together, gives an opportunity to learn, understand what caused the shift. It will create a sense of understanding and improve the chances of them coming directly to you to discuss their tasks. 

The most famous example: Rock- Pebble - Sand

Rocks represent the truly important thing, pebbles represent things that matter and sand represents material possession. 

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Developing cognitive skills helps to plan and prioritize things better, they internalize them and help them for lifelong success.

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